The Quakers will hold their annual assembly in Cork for the first time in 360 years this week.

Black ’47

Barely had the presidential plane taken off and Diageo warned of job losses at the old Guinness heartland in St James’s Gate, leaving a bitter taste for some and a challenge for Diageo Ireland MD John Kennedy, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

PEPSICO Inc is buying a majority stake in Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods for $3.8 billion (€2.79bn), making it the biggest Russian food and beverage company.

SOME visits everybody remembers. John F Kennedy in 1963, Pope John Paul II in 1979. However, sandwiched in between those was the visit few remember, that of the 37th President of the United States of American, Richard Milhous Nixon.

RECORDS of the Quakers in Limerick dating back more than 300 years were yesterday opened for public viewing on Limerick City Council’s website through a joint initiative by the city council and the Society of Friends. The records date from the early 18th century.

Residents of an historic “dry” community founded by Quakers were tonight celebrating after winning a battle to prevent Tesco selling alcohol near their homes.

Much-loved icon of the Seventies the Honey Monster is to return to television screens after the Sugar Puffs cereal brand was acquired today.

COCA-COLA said billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the soft-drink maker’s largest shareholder, is to leave the board after 17 years.

The Quaker Community has thrown open its doors to the public today to mark the 350th anniversary of its establishment in Ireland.